Alee
True Blue Farmgirl
22941 Posts
Alee
Worland
Wy
USA
22941 Posts
Posted - Jul 23 2008 : 1:50:58 PM
A garden center that is going out of business sold me some "Garlic" in a half gallon pot. It smelled like garlic and since I have never grown garlic before I assumed it was. When I got home I realized it isn't cultivated garlic but rather a wild variety that is called "Society Garlic" The leaves and flowers are edible but the didn't say anything about the root structure. I was a bit disappointed that it wasn't cultivated garlic until I got in and Googled the plant. How cool!
Alee- I have society garlic in my garden and it comes back year after year. The only problem with it is that when it dies back in the winter, it smells like skunk. I love the color of the flowers though.
I have oodles of it. We have mild winters so sometimes it doesn't die back at all. The flowers are pretty and it takes full sun and little care. I have to thin mine regularly- it multiplies fast!
Isaiah 40:31 But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.
Anyone grow Society Garlic?
Posted - Jul 23 2008 : 1:50:58 PM
